Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS
Subchapter H - STAIRWAY INCLINED LIFTS IN BUILDINGS OTHER THAN PRIVATE RESIDENCES
Section 7.258 - Connecting means
Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 7.258
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) When the carriage is connected to the driving machine by a rope, cable or chain, any one of the following connecting means may be used:
(1) Steel or iron elevator wire
rope.
(2) Steel aircraft
cable.
(3) Roller chain.
(b) The diameter of ropes or cables shall be not less than the following:
(1) 1/4 inch for elevator wire
rope.
(2) 1/8 inch for aircraft
cable.
(c) The connecting means shall have a factor of safety of not less than seven, based on the tension in the rope, cable, or chain when raising the carriage and its rated load. In no case shall the rated breaking strength of the rope, cable, or chain be less than 1,800 pounds.
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